2024 VHF Low Band Logs

[marvinsuggs]

Today’s low band captures. Corrections and identifications greatly appreciated.

QTH: Richmond,TX Bearcat BCT15 X scanner Sirio GPA 27-45 MHz ground plane antenna (25’ elevation) Butel ARC PRO software.

33.44 179.9 Tolland Co, CT FD

33.48 114.8 Barnstable, MA FD

33.48 179.9 Tolland Co, CT FD

33.52 131.8 East Haven, CT FD

33.58 114.8 Yarmouth, MA FD

33.58 179.9 Preston, CT FD

33.64 114.8 Bourne, MA FD

33.70 114.8 Barnstable Co, MA FD

33.72 179.9 Lebanon, CT FD

33.78 77.0 SW New Hampshire District Fire Mutual Aid

33.78 114.8 Falmouth, MA FD

33.80 179.9 Quinebaugh Valley, CT FD

33.82 151.4 Sayreville, NJ FD

33.82 179.9 Colchester, CT FD

33.84 131.8 Uxbridge, MA FD

33.86 77.0 Washington Co, MD FD

33.86 179.9 Tolland Co, CT FD

33.88 127.3 Bethlehem, CT FD

33.88 179.9 Quinebaugh Valley, CT FD

33.90 136.5 Radnor, PA FD

33.90 179.9 Quinebaugh Valley, CT FD

33.90 203.5 Plymouth, MA FD?

33.92 179.9 Groton, CT FD

33.94 179.9 Waterford, CT FD

33.96 127.3 Westminster, MA

37.02 146.2 W. Milford, NJ PD

37.50 136.5 Geysers Power Co, Heraldsburg, CA?

37.76 156.7 City/County of San Francisco, CA Water Dept

44.58 CSQ BNSF Hy-Rail limits compliance system

 

[AJ1L]

Any idea who in the County is/was still using 33.9000 with 203.5 - have not heard it used in years... since they all went 450/460 and T-Band

I've been monitoring 33.90 from here right in the middle of Plymouth County, MA for the last 2 days and have had 0 hits. I don't think this freq has been used here in quite a few years.

 

[marvinsuggs]

I've been monitoring 33.90 from here right in the middle of Plymouth County, MA for the last 2 days and have had 0 hits. I don't think this freq has been used here in quite a few years.

Somebody's Fire Tac Channel. "Rescue 44 to Fire board " etc.

 

[d119]

Station spent about 11 hours locked up on 35.800, environmental noise, so a lot of lost time. Here's what I did get.

Today's captures from Southern California:

Frequency	Tone	Callsign	User	Confirmed via
33.740	179.9	KXV431	Windham Co, CT Fire South (QVEC)	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.640	114.8	KNAW393	Bourne, MA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.040	114.8	WQDR782	W. Barnstable, MA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.480	114.8	KCB781	Barnstable, MA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
37.100	162.2	KET358	Morgantown, WV Utility Board	Freq/PL/Traffic (beaconing CWID)
33.980	Carrier	KGD259	Warren Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic

 

[AJ1L]

Somebody's Fire Tac Channel. "Rescue 44 to Fire board " etc.

Somebody somewhere, but I don't think it's here in Plymouth County.

 

[marvinsuggs]

Somebody somewhere, but I don't think it's here in Plymouth County.

It's very active so you would've gotten some hits.

 

[AJ1L]

It's very active so you would've gotten some hits.

This thread from last year points towards possibly somewhere in Ohio:

US 33 Mhz skip received in The Netherlands; please help with identification

Hello all, I am a VHF fan in The Netherlands and noted VHF 30-50 Mhz propagation towards The Nethelands. In the past ( around 1990) I was able to identify quite some stations by their callsign. I now don't hear callsigns which makes identification of station harder. yeserday andtoday I heard...

forums.radioreference.com

 

[d119]

Any idea who in the County is/was still using 33.9000 with 203.5 - have not heard it used in years... since they all went 450/460 and T-Band

Are you certain the PL is 203.5? Is it possible that was a mis-read on a paging tone? There's plenty of traffic on 33.900 (Lancaster, PA comes to mind), I know my station occasionally decodes false PL tones when QC-II pages are sent out. It tends to round them to the closest proper PL.

 

[ecps92]

Somebody's Fire Tac Channel. "Rescue 44 to Fire board " etc.

what Tone ?

 

[AJ1L]

Are you certain the PL is 203.5? Is it possible that was a mis-read on a paging tone? There's plenty of traffic on 33.900 (Lancaster, PA comes to mind), I know my station occasionally decodes false PL tones when QC-II pages are sent out. It tends to round them to the closest proper PL.

There have been no transmissions with any PL picked up here in Plymouth County for the last 2-3 days.

 

[W1KNE]

33.900 203.5 was identified as Guernsey County, OH by @217 in 2023.

 

[marvinsuggs]

This thread from last year points towards possibly somewhere in Ohio:

US 33 Mhz skip received in The Netherlands; please help with identification

Hello all, I am a VHF fan in The Netherlands and noted VHF 30-50 Mhz propagation towards The Nethelands. In the past ( around 1990) I was able to identify quite some stations by their callsign. I now don't hear callsigns which makes identification of station harder. yeserday andtoday I heard...

forums.radioreference.com

That's awesome thank you!

 

[marvinsuggs]

Are you certain the PL is 203.5? Is it possible that was a mis-read on a paging tone? There's plenty of traffic on 33.900 (Lancaster, PA comes to mind), I know my station occasionally decodes false PL tones when QC-II pages are sent out. It tends to round them to the closest proper PL.

Thank you!

 

[marvinsuggs]

what Tone ?

203.5

 

[marvinsuggs]

33.900 203.5 was identified as Guernsey County, OH by @217 in 2023.

Thank you very much.

 

[sprman1955]

Logs for a monday morning here in warm TN:
30.150 pl 151.4 Mil Coms seems to be slowing up with the Coms ,not like it was last week.
35.940 pl 118.8 beeps french traffic system
25.800 AM WMR 60 watts from Denmark with music S4 on my JRC NRD-535D
26.110 FM KVOH CH 13 News Feed Sacramento CA S- 7 JRC NRD-535D
31.320 csq polytones
31.750 167.9 POCSAG
35.950 pl 136.5 French heard strong
30.350 pl 151.4 Mil Coms heard
44.580 BNSF Telemetry weak TX
37.480 pl 103.5 ill be there soon hold on
40.670 pl 118.9 SNOTEL telemetry
36.500 pl 74.4 spanish taxi
42.920 pl 118.8 CHP
42.080 pl 103.5 CHP
39.800 pl 162.2 CHP
42.540 pl 107.2 CHP
31.970 polytones very rapid tones
39.360 pl 162.2 CHP
Slow morning here but things picked up around 10amCDT here.Angelo

 

[W1KNE]

QTH: Bristol County, MA RX: BCD996P2 w/ broken dipole
ProScan Logs (edited)

Frequency	Channel	Group	Tone	RSSI	Mod.	End Date / Time
44.6600	Black 3 B	Sacramento	C 167.9	359	FM	11/25/24 17:05:48
45.6000	Grey 2 VAL B	North Division	C 173.8	302	FM	11/25/24 16:11:35
44.7000	Brown 3 VAL B	North Division	C 136.5	303	FM	11/25/24 15:57:53
44.9800	Blue CEN B	North Division	C 127.3	320	FM	11/25/24 14:56:31
44.6200	Pink 2	Los Angeles	C 186.2	327	FM	11/25/24 16:09:48
45.0200	Orange 3	Los Angeles	C 192.8	393	FM	11/25/24 16:52:43
45.5200	Yellow 2	Los Angeles	C 186.2	298	FM	11/25/24 15:34:36
45.4600	Maroon B	Fresno	C 127.3	354	FM	11/25/24 15:45:56
45.3600	Green 3 B	Sacramento	C 167.9	340	FM	11/25/24 16:56:46
44.8000	Emerald 4 B	Golden Gate	C 103.5	308	FM	11/25/24 16:41:46
31.2000	CTL OIL MH AR	Other	C 91.5	477	FM	11/25/24 15:40:39
43.0400	US PIPELINE HOUS	Other	C 107.2	439	FM	11/25/24 12:17:18
45.5000	Yellow 3	Los Angeles	C 192.8	304	FM	11/25/24 14:39:16
44.9200	White 3 VAL B	North Division	C 167.9	310	FM	11/25/24 17:00:33
44.9400	Black 2	Los Angeles	C 186.2	318	FM	11/25/24 16:48:30
44.7400	Brown 2	Los Angeles	C 186.2	310	FM	11/25/24 16:46:48
42.5600	White INL B	North Division	C 118.8	429	FM	11/25/24 11:16:34
42.9200	Maroon 2 B	Golden Gate	C 103.5	434	FM	11/25/24 15:31:55
31.9750	ASIAN FISHING	Other		355	FM	11/25/24 10:56:17
42.4400	Red 2 Border B	North Division	C 179.9	445	FM	11/25/24 14:57:45
35.4500	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH		344	FM	11/25/24 10:43:37
35.7375	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 136.5	384	FM	11/25/24 10:41:52
35.7625	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 118.8	382	FM	11/25/24 10:39:47
35.8750	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 110.9	343	FM	11/25/24 10:32:04
35.9250	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 110.9	386	FM	11/25/24 10:28:47
43.4400	INGRAM READYMIX	Other	C 77.0	426	FM	11/25/24 10:27:53
35.9875	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 110.9	434	FM	11/25/24 10:27:17
36.0500	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 110.9	406	FM	11/25/24 10:26:52
35.8625	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 110.9	352	FM	11/25/24 10:23:01
35.5500	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH		379	FM	11/25/24 10:04:31
35.6750	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 110.9	405	FM	11/25/24 10:03:55
35.9125	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 136.5	346	FM	11/25/24 10:03:21
35.7600	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 110.9	388	FM	11/25/24 10:02:28
35.7125	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 110.9	371	FM	11/25/24 10:01:11
35.8250	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 118.8	348	FM	11/25/24 09:58:48
35.7250	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 123.0	382	FM	11/25/24 09:56:53
35.9500	French Hwy	FRENCH HIGH	C 110.9	391	FM	11/25/24 09:50:47

 

[d119]

Today's captures from Southern California:

Frequency	Tone	Callsign	User	Confirmed via
31.040	71.9	(KFC851)	(Rural Sand & Gravel, Belleville NY)	Unconfirmed. Female, "No, you were cuttin' in and out"
33.960	127.3	KCD658	Westminster, MA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL (Noisy/unconfirmed)
35.060	110.9	Unknown	Unknown	Personal conversation, rambling.
35.060	136.5	Unknown	Unknown	"This is Ann Drayler looking for number one"
33.800	179.9	KXV431	Windham Co, CT Fire (QVEC)	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.360	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown	"460 you'll be next." Rockville Fuel & Feed?
39.900	210.7	Unknown	Unknown	THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE - See note 1.
33.440	179.9	KCD346	Tolland Co, CT Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic. Unusual beep tones heart at EOT.
31.440	162.2	KLL370	WNH & Son Harding, MD	Freq/PL/Traffic "304 Plant 1"
33.480	114.8	KCB781	Barnstable, MA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.100	118.8	WNBZ328	The Trans Group, Spring Valley, NY	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.640	114.8	KNAW393	Bourne, MA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.700	131.8	WQVC489	Leominster, MA Fire M/A	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.580	114.8	KNCS289	Yarmouth, MA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (TRS Patch)
33.780	114.8	KNGE459	Falmouth, MA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic (TRS Patch)
35.160	88.5	Unknown	Unknown	"Yep, OK I'm losing you on the radio"
35.820	123.0	Unknown	Unknown concrete company.	Freq/PL/Traffic. May be unlicensed. See note 2.
37.440	131.8	Unknown	Unknown	Transport/Trucking? Paragon concrete?
33.980	Carrier	KGD259	Warren Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
37.360	110.9	KNAG223	State of Illinois - IDOC	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.200	91.5	WQPM979	Central HVAC Mountain Home, AR	Freq/PL/Traffic
39.960	82.5	Unknown	Unknown	"Subject harassing a female, she requested law enforcement"
33.880	82.5	KQH904	Licking Co, OH Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
31.480	Carrier	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	Freq/No PL/Traffic
35.080	141.3	Unknown	Unknown materials company.	"I need to get a load of water over to Centennial School there. It's an emergency."
35.180	156.7	WPZV709	Comfort Engineering, Tupelo, MS	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.040	D131	Multiple	First Student	Freq/PL/Traffic. Multiple locations, unknown which one.
33.060	118.8	KTS562	Educ. Bus Transp. Copiague, NY	Freq/PL/Traffic
39.500	131.8	WNJL806	Lee Co, VA "Government A"	Freq/PL/Traffic. See note 3.
39.980	88.5	KGL481	Greene Co, NA Fire/EMS 1	Freq/PL/Traffic
37.100	162.2	KET358	Morgantown, WV Utility Board	Freq/PL/Traffic (Beaconing CWID)
31.960	107.2	Unknown	Unknown	"Clay pile down by the dozer and I'll come get you."
31.640	118.8	KFG780	Havin Materials, Union, MO	Freq/PL/Traffic. Expired license.
39.120	136.5	KNFM345	State of Virginia - VDOC	Freq/PL/Traffic (CW ID Confirmed)
33.860	146.2	KBH343	Morgan Co, OH Fire TAC	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.860	77.0	KGC676	Washington Co, MD Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.900	136.5	KGB393	Radnor Twp, Lancaster Co PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/PL/Traffic
33.900	Carrier	KNFQ946	Noble Co, OH Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic (MDC on dispatch)
33.740	Carrier	KYL829	King William Co, VA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
33.920	Carrier	WNKC982	E. Lampeter, Lancaster Co, PA Fire Dispatch	Freq/No PL/Traffic
33.720	179.9	WNHI321	Lebanon, CT Fire Operations	Freq/PL/Traffic
39.520	173.8	WPYP239	Orange Co, CA S. Co FSP	Freq/PL/Traffic (DTMF on units)
39.520	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown Law Enforcement	Heavy southern drawls, MDC on units. Repeater, no hang time. Note 4.

Note 1: This is a REALLY unusual one (though probably not for whomever knows who/what it is). This sounds like school bus traffic. Mention of a "Coach Stanley" and a "Vocational Bus", another bus mentioning it's broken down with a flat, etc. It's the output of a P25 patch from somewhere. Any ideas? I think there was a "Coach Norville" mentioned in addition to "Coach Stanley". There are a TON of licensees on this frequency, and none of them are directly to an educational institution. I didn't check expired. It was quite loud.

Note 2: There are either two separate concrete companies on this frequency, or there is one company with two plants with two separate base stations I can hear. I can't tell if there are two PLs in use or not the way the station works. One of them was LOUD today!

Note 3: Caught a tone-out for Stickleyville FD (they had a business meeting tonight at 1800ET, hope you guys didn't forget). She cleared with "KNCU972" which isn't correct, that's one of their other licenses. Hadn't found this listed on the forum previously, but it was in the DB.

Note 4: Station only captures the last heard PL tone, which was OC FSP, so I don't easily know which agency this is. Heavy southern drawls, repeater has no hangtime, units have MDC on them. The way they talk, this is a very small place. "The church", etc. Couldn't catch any identifying information. They were smooshing OC FSP here in SoCal, gotta love lowband. Can't cover down the street, but it works on the other side of the country just fine. Based on a rudimentary search, my guess is this is Craig County, VA Sheriff's Department (WQAW220). Any confirmation?

 

[marvinsuggs]

Today’s low band captures. Corrections and identifications greatly appreciated.

QTH: Richmond,TX Bearcat BCT15 X scanner Sirio GPA 27-45 MHz ground plane antenna (25’ elevation) Butel ARC PRO software.

30.60 107.2 New Jersey American Water Co., Hazlet, NJ

31.20 D432 Thomas, Bennett & Hunter Concrete, Washington Co, MD

31.44 162.2 W Noble Hamilton & Son, Inc, Havre de Grace, MD

31.82 D244 Chestnut Ridge Trans, Spring Valley, NY? (Expired License)

33.06 118.8 Educational Bus Transportation, Suffolk Co, NY

33.10 118.8 Cestnut Ridge Transport, Spring Valley, NY

33.44 179.9 Tolland Co, CT FD

33.48 114.8 Barnstable, MA FD

33.48 179.9 Tolland Co, CT FD

33.52 131.8 East Haven, CT FD

33.58 114.8 Yarmouth, MA FD

33.58 179.9 Preston, CT FD

33.64 114.8 Bourne, MA FD

33.70 114.8 Barnstable Co, MA FD

33.70 131.8 Leominster, MA FD

33.72 179.9 Lebanon, CT FD

33.78 77.0 SW New Hampshire District Fire Mutual Aid

33.78 114.8 Falmouth, MA FD

33.80 179.9 Quinebaugh Valley, CT FD

33.82 151.4 Sayreville, NJ FD

33.82 179.9 Colchester, CT FD

33.84 131.8 Uxbridge, MA FD

33.86 77.0 Washington Co, MD FD

33.86 179.9 Tolland Co, CT FD

33.88 127.3 Bethlehem, CT FD

33.88 179.9 Quinebaugh Valley, CT FD

33.90 136.5 Radnor, PA FD

33.90 179.9 Quinebaugh Valley, CT FD

33.92 179.9 Groton, CT FD

33.94 179.9 Waterford, CT FD

33.96 127.3 Westminster, MA

35.06 136.5 Trudeau Sand & Gravel, Saranac Lake, NY

35.28 151.4 Seymours Sand and Stone, Bozrah, CT

35.32 D074 Van Pool Transportation, Wilbraham, MA Expired license?

35.72 136.5 Montauk Bus Service, Hampton Bays, NY

35.76 107.2 Grannas Bros Stone & Asphalt, Holidaysburg,PA?

35.84 192.8 Bonded Concrete, West Sand Lake, NY

37.02 146.2 W. Milford, NJ PD

37.50 136.5 Geysers Power Co, Heraldsburg, CA?

37.76 156.7 City/County of San Francisco, CA Water Dept

42.08 103.5 CHP Amber 2 Base/Golden Gate Div

42.12 131.8 CHP Bronze Base/Golden Gate

42.16 107.2 CHP Purple Mobile/N orthern Div

42.16 131.8 CHP Violet Base/Golden Gate Div

42.32 167.9 CHP White 3 Mobile/Valley Div

42.40 131.8 California HP Mobile

42.44 131.8 California HP/San Francisco

42.50 103.5 CHP Ruby 2 Base/Golden Gate

42.56 107.2 CHP White Base:Northern Div

42.62 131.8 CHP Aqua Base/Golden Gate Div

43.76 218.1?

44.58 CSQ BNSF Hy-Rail limits compliance system

 

[d119]

Note 4: Station only captures the last heard PL tone, which was OC FSP, so I don't easily know which agency this is. Heavy southern drawls, repeater has no hangtime, units have MDC on them. The way they talk, this is a very small place. "The church", etc. Couldn't catch any identifying information. They were smooshing OC FSP here in SoCal, gotta love lowband. Can't cover down the street, but it works on the other side of the country just fine. Based on a rudimentary search, my guess is this is Craig County, VA Sheriff's Department (WQAW220). Any confirmation?

Just happened to stop by the station briefly and saw this coming in with a 79.7 PL. That confirms it as Craig County, VA (WQAW220).